Horse on the World

Chapter 235 The duel between the strongest cavalry and infantry

Long Xiaojun's tenacious fighting will and superb combat skills are indeed not boasting of Naben. This is also the first time Wang Qinian has fought against Long Xiaojun. Seeing that the opponent looks scattered at the moment, but in fact has a very clear offensive formation. Wang Qinian felt that there would be some trouble today.

The biggest reliance of the Dingzhou army is the sharpness of long-range strikes. After winning Fuzhou, the Dingzhou army has become very rich financially. This also made Li Qing increase the investment in long-range strike weapons, making the enemy unable to understand When they reached the edge of the Dingzhou Army, they had already suffered heavy losses. This was the most frustrating thing for the enemy.But today this strategy is obviously ineffective against Long Xiaojun.Whenever the rain of arrows gathers in the air, the attacking Longxiao army will scatter like frightened birds, waving shields and scimitars in their hands to minimize the loss, and once the Dingzhou army launches a round of fire After that, these scattered soldiers quickly assembled again at an unimaginable speed, forming a conical offensive lineup, hitting the defense line of the Dingzhou army like a frenzy.

In less than an hour, the outer defense line of Shahe Town fell, Long Xiaojun reorganized its formation, and aimed at the core area of ​​Shahe Town. At this time, Naben could clearly see the tall building on the opposite side. The figure of Wang Qinian on the podium.

The ten-mile-long defense line of Shahe Town was originally a semicircle swollen outwards, but the current situation is that the top of the arc has been deeply pressed in, and it has become a strange inward concave shape. In the semicircle, Naben's wolf running army was embedded in this recess, and Hu Sha'an was a little worried, "Second prince, do you want to separate your swords to guard the two wings, we are almost surrounded by the opponent on three sides now."

Na Ben smiled and said: "Hu Sha'an, haven't you seen the opponent's battalion flag? Wang Qinian transferred his most powerful Tianlei Battalion to our front, and he is going to have a head-to-head with us, two wings? Heh heh , if Wang Qibing's troops are superior, I will be careful to guard against them, but now our troops are superior, what are you afraid of? The frontal battlefield is like a magnet, which will constantly attract the enemies on the two wings to the center and attack my two wings At most, just harass him, don’t worry about him, break through head-on, as long as we defeat the Tianlei Camp, we will cut Shahe Town into two pieces like butter, and the Dingzhou soldiers will let us slaughter them.”

Long Xiaojun roared and rushed to the opposite side, and the Dingzhou Army's trebuchets, which had been silent since the beginning of the battle, finally began to show their ferocity. Polished round stone bullets filled the sky, smashing down hard, four consecutive The unique whistling sound of the fired eight-ox crossbow resounded across the battlefield. Hundreds of eight-ox crossbows were fired at the same time, and each time there were hundreds of long crossbows.

In comparison, the eight-ox crossbow has a greater psychological impact on the enemy than the trebuchet, and the stone bullets of the trebuchet can still be avoided. The bull crossbow is unavoidable, unstoppable, with strange speed and super strength. It often shoots through the shield and people at the same time. The powerful force often takes people into the air. Flying in the air, blood fell on the armor of his companion like raindrops, making everyone look pale.

Long Xiaojun began to suffer a large number of casualties, but Naben's face was extremely calm. He knew that it would take a long time for such a powerful weapon to launch a second wave, and what he needed to use was this a period of time.

Sure enough, the trebuchet stopped after a round of firing, and the Dingzhou soldiers were busy reloading again, tightening the ropes, while the eight-ox crossbow was doing the same thing.

And at this moment, Long Xiaojun had already pounced up, rushing to the front of the Tianlei Battalion.

"The timing is really good!" Wang Qinian shook his head again and again, and said: "We must remember this point. Heavy weapons such as trebuchets and eight-ox crossbows must be fired in batches in rotation, and such long-term weapons should be avoided as much as possible. The time interval is easy for ordinary enemies to talk about, but when they encounter an army like the Long Xiaojun, problems will be exposed immediately." A clerk behind him quickly wrote down with a note.

When Long Xiaojun was a hundred steps away from Tianlei Camp, he was hit by a second round of crossbows.The Hundred-Fat Crossbow shot horizontally is also quite powerful, but the Long Xiao Army is obviously already prepared for the Dingzhou Army's Hundred-Fat Crossbow. The shields in their hands are all iron shields. A round of shooting from the crossbow, but the results are very limited. It is difficult to injure the Long Xiao army as hard as the army that can't afford iron armor and iron shields like the Red Department.

But even so, Long Xiaojun's attack this time also cost hundreds of people.

Na Ben's face became a little ugly. The Dingzhou Army's sophisticated weapons and equipment are really staggering. In previous battles, if the Long Xiao Army paid such an adult price, they would often rush into the enemy's army formation, and the rest would be It was a massacre, but today, the opponent's army formation is still neat and tidy, and is waiting for it.

The Tianlei Battalion is the strongest infantry in Dingzhou. Since the Battle of Fuyuan, this battalion has established itself as the strongest infantry in the Dingzhou Army. They fought the most times against the barbarians and accumulated countless infantry. The experience of breaking the cavalry, even facing the strongest cavalry Long Xiaojun, they have no fear, each square array is neatly arranged, with concave and convex, if you look down from the sky, you can see thousands of days. Leiying's infantry lined up in dozens of small square formations, but these dozens of square formations vaguely formed countless reverse-shaped structures. After the cavalry rushed in, no matter what direction they were in, they would be surrounded on three sides.

The current commander of the Tianlei Battalion, General Zhao Li looked at the galloping Longxiao cavalry and said with a sneer: "Use the cavalry to attack the infantry in the formation, Naben, you think too highly of yourself, let me show you today." The Tianlei Battalion is powerful. Throw your spear and get ready."

The last row of soldiers in the phalanx pulled out their one-meter-long spears from their backs, stepped back a dozen steps, and ran with all their strength after giving an order. After reaching the highest speed, the heavy spears carried The whistling sound was thrown out.This is not a throwing spear cut from branches on Baideng Mountain, but an iron spear that is carefully crafted in Dingzhou, with a head made of fine steel and capable of piercing armor.

Hundreds of spears concentrated their firepower and hit Long Xiaojun's charge arrows. The cone head was immediately flattened, and the shield could block the spears, but the huge force of the spears could make your arms go numb. If you are slow, you will be knocked to the ground by the subsequent spear throwing.

The Tianlei Camp only threw a round of spears, and after killing more than a hundred people, the Long Xiaojun plunged into the Tianlei Camp, and the Long Xiaojun who followed immediately circled their horses and ran sideways. The infantry phalanx of the Tianlei Battalion ran, bent their bows and set arrows on their horses, and kept shooting at the phalanx, breaking through inside and shooting around the outside. This is the only magic weapon for the Long Xiao Army to break the phalanx of infantry.

"Block!" Wang Qinian ordered.

The trebuchet started to launch again, but this time it was obviously ordered. The trebuchet was no longer an intensive attack in one wave, but a dozen or so trebuchets were divided into several waves, continuously hitting the enemy. Army, trying to prevent more Long Xiaojun from rushing into the phalanx of Tianlei Battalion.

Once Long Xiao's army plunged into these phalanxes, the speed of the horses immediately dropped, and some were even forced to stop. The knights on the horses brandished swords and spears, constantly parrying and stabbing down.This is a dialogue between the strongest cavalry and the strongest infantry. The soldiers on both sides did not even shout, and all of them were fighting with red eyes. There was nothing in their eyes, only the enemy and the enemy. The tip of the knife, either you die, or I die.

A Tianlei Battalion soldier was stabbed and fell down, but the moment he fell, he cut off the opponent's horse's hoof with a knife. Seeing that the opponent dismounted from the horse, there were several blood holes on his body, and he was satisfied. Close your eyes, and the moment a Long Xiao army horse was chopped down, he jumped up and jumped into the air. When several spears met him, he roared and threw the long knife in his hand, watching The long knife pierced through the chest, knocking the opponent to the ground, and he himself was stabbed by several spears, held in the air, and with a shake of the spears, he was thrown out of the formation.

Long Xiaojun, who was shooting loose, soon discovered that this kind of shooting did not have too much impact on the Dingzhou soldiers. First, the opponent's armor was excellent. While desperately attacking the Long Xiao army, the soldiers in the back row were waving their spears and stirring desperately in the air, which caused many falling arrows to be knocked down in the air, and beside these spearmen, there were also shield-holding soldiers. Sword and shield hand for them to cover.

Long Xiaojun immediately changed his tactics, no longer shooting arrows, but began to throw iron bones, hammers and other weapons.When these guys fell, the phalanx of the Tianlei Battalion immediately suffered heavy casualties.

It's like two violent giants entangled together. At this moment, people have become beasts, and there is only one purpose, to kill each other.Although Long Xiao's army has the upper hand in terms of strength, they suffer from the fact that they cannot invest too many troops at one time. Relying on their solid defense, the Dingzhou soldiers kept carrying out blocking strikes against Long Xiao's troops. The army and the Tianlei battalion were inseparable, and no one could do anything to the other.

Hu Sha'an looked at Naben with an ugly face, and said in a low voice: "Second Prince, our refueling tactics will not work at all. If we can't break through the middle of the Tianlei Camp, we will not be able to win. Second Prince, retreat! Well, the Erlangs have lost too much. It is not a wise thing to use cavalry to attack the tightly-arranged infantry, and the opponent is still relying on such a strong defensive position. If Li Qing leads his troops to block our It would be bad for us to be closed in Yi'an, where we can't find any supplies."

Na Ben heaved a sigh of relief. The first time he fought with the Dingzhou soldiers, the result was so hard to accept. All along, he believed that the Dingzhou soldiers would collapse and be vulnerable once the Long Xiao army came out. But reality hit him hard.

"Second prince, we need to find an opportunity to severely injure the opponent in the field, instead of attacking the fortress!" Hu Sha'an comforted: "Besides, our attack this time is not without gains, and the soldiers have accumulated a certain amount. The experience of fighting against the Dingzhou soldiers, and the enemy's losses in this battle are much greater than ours, it is already considered a victory."

Naben looked up at the sky, there was no hope of breaking Shahe town before dark, delaying it would not do him any good at all, if only Sushun's [-] troops came together, Naben hated it very much.Although the Yuanwu Empire was established, the subordinate banners still have their own ideas, so that the Dingzhou Army can deal with them one by one calmly. "These short-sighted guys, one day, they will pay for their short-sightedness!" Naben said.

(End of this chapter)